1. The famous Buddhist scholar Ashvaghosha was a contemporary of which one of the following?

A. Ashoka

B. Bindusara

C. Harsha

D. Kanishka

2. Assertion (A): The Gupta period is often called the ‘Golden Age’ of ancient India.

Reason (R): The Gupta rulers issued gold coins.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

3. Assertion (A): Nalanda was the centre of Buddhist learning in the post-Gupta period.

Reason (R): It was patronised by the Pal a rulers.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

4. Assertion (A): In the beginning, only high caste  Kshatriya communities adopted Jainism.

Reason (R): Vardhaman Mahavira belonged to a well-known Kshatriya community.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

5. Assertion (A): Chandragupta Maurya failed in his first campaign against Magadha.

Reason (R): He did not begin with the frontiers, but invaded the heart of Magadha.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

6. Assertion (A): The jainas follow the practice of worshipping images of tirthankaras.

Reason (R): They denied the existence of a Supreme Being.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

7. Assertion (A): The Kushanas issued a large number of gold coins.

Reason (R): The period was marked by flourishing trade.

Codes:

A. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R is true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

8. Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the presence of temples or public places of worship in the Indus civilization.

Reason (R): To the Harappans, religion was perhaps more a personal and a private matter than a public affair.

Codes:

A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A

C. A is true but R is false

D. A is false but R is true

9. The Harappan civilizations do not have homogeneity or uniformity in

A. weights and measures

B. cereal crops

C. burial practices

D. both (B) and (C)

10. A prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds, is

A. Mohenjodaro

B. Dholavira

C. Lothal

D. Rakhigarhi